# Incident 19841202070559I: Camron O77, Gallup, NM, December 2, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1984, 10:32 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5138° N, 108.7437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gallup, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5138&lon=-108.7437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218CB-1998-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cameron Balloons O-77 (registry code 1880108, https://openairdocs.org/model/cameron-balloons-o-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMRON O77
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841202070559I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BALLOON ENCOUNTERED WIND BLOWING OFF COURSE, CHOSE LANDING IN TREES. CRAFT LOW ON FUEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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